Nvidia's RTX 5090 and RTX Pro 6000 hit with nasty bug
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Can't work with virtual machines

Nvidia’s top-of-the-range Blackwell GPUs are throwing wobblies when shoved into virtual machine environments, leaving them unresponsive until the whole system gets rebooted.

Nvidia’s Blackwell racks set for 300 per cent shipment surge
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Brokerages tip 60,000 units next year as Foxconn cashes in

Nvidia’s Blackwell GB300 enterprise AI systems are being churned out at a ferocious pace, with analysts forecasting shipments will triple in the third quarter.

Nvidia tightens grip on GPU market with 94 per cent share
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Tariff panic sends buyers scrambling for cards

Nvidia has gobbled up 94 per cent of the GPU market as shipments jumped 27 per cent in the second quarter of 2025, a spike analysts reckon was fuelled by punters panic-buying ahead of looming tariffs.

OpenAI jumps into chipmaking with Broadcom
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Friday, 05 September 2025 09:17

OpenAI jumps into chipmaking with Broadcom


ChatGPT outfit wants to ditch Nvidia addiction

OpenAI is moving into chip manufacturing next year in a bid to feed its AI addiction and loosen its ties with Nvidia’s pricey silicon.

Nvidia Geforce NOW getting Blackwell RTX upgrade next week
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Geforce RTX 5080-class streaming and 17 new games

Nvidia has announced that its Geforce NOW streaming platform will be getting Blackwell RTX update on September 10th, offering Geforce RTX 5080-class power streaming from the cloud, over 2,200 new Install-to-Play titles and more, as well as 17 fresh games this month and Battlefield 6 in October.

Acer announces Veriton GN100 AI Mini Workstation with Nvidia GB10 Superchip
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You can pair two at $3,999 each

Acer has unveiled its version of an AI workstation based on the Nvidia GB10 Superchip, the Veriton GN100 AI Mini Workstation. Featuring the Nvidia GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip, it delivers up to 1 PFLOPS of FP4 AI performance and starts at $3,999.

Intel splurges $16 billion on R&D without much to show
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18a dream node keeps swallowing cash as rivals surge ahead

Troubled Chipzilla is still burning cash at an alarming rate, sinking more than $16 billion into research and development last year, yet it has little to brag about.

32GB of RAM about to dethrone 16GB on Steam
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 03 September 2025 09:30

32GB of RAM about to dethrone 16GB on Steam


Falling DDR5 prices and bloated AAA titles drive the move

Valve’s monthly Steam hardware survey shows that 32GB of RAM is about to shove 16GB off its throne as the default spec for PC gamers.

Commonwealth Fusion Systems outfit trousers cash to fire up fusion reactor
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Bill Gates and Nvidia back Commonwealth’s plan to bottle a star

Commonwealth Fusion Systems has hoovered up another $863 million in fresh capital to fuel its dream of turning nuclear fusion into a commercial energy business that doesn’t melt the budget.

Alibaba whips out AI chip to dodge Nvidia squeeze
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China’s silicon brigade tries to fill the GPU hole with homebrew parts

Chinese cloud giant Alibaba has wheeled out a shiny new AI chip, hoping to plug the silicon hole left after Nvidia was kicked in the export rules by Uncle Sam.